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The old 'only using 10% of your brain' myth

2010-11-10T11:20:00.000+10:00

We often hear and have heard it misquoted - you're only using 10% of your brain and how would you like to use the other 90 percent? But what do they mean by this; was this the real quote? Did Einstein say any of this and was he really quoted to have said that we only use 10% of our brain?

The short answer is that the 10% is largely a misused figure and there are many explanations for the figure. For instance, 10% of what we call 'the brain' consist of neurons - there are other cells. Early studies did demonstrate that with any firing of neurons, only 10% lit up, but that is within any one period of time. Over a few minutes with different functions being carried out, a different profile is found. Might it be true that we only use 10% of our capabilities? Surely this figure would vary with different people. How do you measure our capabilities?

The following references and excerpts should give you some insight into the potential origins, the makeup of the brain and other considerations on this topic.

That tired Ten-Percent claim pops up all the time

The Ten-Percent Myth, Ben Radford, Volume 23.2, March / April 1999

Someone has taken most of your brain away and you probably didn't even know it. Well, not taken your brain away, exactly, but decided that you don't use it. It’s the old myth heard time and again about how people use only ten percent of their brains. While for the people who repeat that myth, it’s probably true, the rest of us happily use all of our brains.

Benjamin Radford is a scientific paranormal investigator, a Research Fellow at the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, managing Editor for Skeptical Inquirer magazine, and author or co-author of five books and hundreds of articles on skepticism, critical thinking, and science literacy. His newest book is Scientific Paranormal Investigation: How to Solve Unexplained Mysteries. He is also a columnist for Discovery News and LiveScience.com.

Humans use 100 percent of their brains--despite the popular myth

Thomas Cleland, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), in biology

Where did the "10% myth" first come from? It isn't clear. It might be because less than 10% of the cells in our brains are actually neurons (nerve cells) - the rest are called glial cells. Glial cells perform all kinds of different tasks, from insulating the brain's "wires" to maintaining the brain's chemistry to helping regulate the many connections among neurons (called synapses) in which memory can be stored. Glial cells aren't neurons, but they are certainly being used! The myth could also have arisen because much of the brain is fairly adaptable, allowing people (especially young people) to recover most of their capabilities even after losing parts of their brains to injury, cancer, or surgery. This isn't always true, however; it is harder for older adults to recover function after brain injury, and we know that even small amounts of brain damage (such as strokes) in just the wrong places can be devastating.

Do We Really Only Use 10% of Our Brains?

Every once in a while I hear someone say “we only use 10% of our brain.” In the movie “The Secret,” they say we only use 5% of our brain. I don’t believe it. Where did this come from? - Secret Identity

Dear SI,

The idea that we only use 10% of our brains is alluring. Why, just imagine what we could do if we somehow switched on the other 90%. Telekinesis! Mind reading! Time travel! Forging an army of zombie slaves! Who wouldn’t trade their crystal balls for powers like those?

Sadly, the myth has been pretty thoroughly debunked. It is true that, at any given time, we only use portions of our brains. Brain imaging bears this out. But that doesn’t mean that we have vast, untapped reserves of psychic abilities.

The most apt analogy is muscle. We don’t use our entire brain at once any more than we use all of our muscles at once. But follow someone around for a day or two, and eventually they will use just about every muscle and every part of the brain – the good folks at the DMV notwithstanding. ....Read on

Do we really use only 10 percent of our brains?

Barry L. Beyerstein of the Brain Behavior Laboratory at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver explains.

Whenever I venture out of the Ivory Tower to deliver public lectures about the brain, by far the most likely question I can expect as the talk winds up is, "Do we really only use 10 percent of our brains?" The look of disappointment that usually follows when I say it isn't so strongly suggests that the 10-percent myth is one of those hopeful shibboleths that refuses to die simply because it would be so darn nice if it were true. I'm sure none of us would turn down a mighty hike in brainpower if it were attainable, and a seemingly never-ending stream of crackpot schemes and devices continues to be advanced by hucksters who trade on the myth. Always on the lookout for a "feel-good" story, the media have also played their part in keeping the myth alive.

....One stream leads back to the pioneering American psychologist, William James, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In addition to his voluminous scholarly work, James was a prodigious author of popular articles offering advice to the general public. In these exhortatory works James was fond of stating that the average person rarely achieves but a small portion of his or her potential. I was never able to find an exact percentage mentioned, and James always talked in terms of one's undeveloped potential, apparently never relating this to a specific amount of gray matter engaged. A generation of "positive thinking" gurus that followed were not so careful, however, and gradually "10 percent of our capacity" morphed into "10 percent of our brain." Undoubtedly, the biggest boost for the self-help entrepreneurs came when the famous adventurer and journalist Lowell Thomas attributed the 10-percent-of-the-brain claim to William James. Thomas did so in the preface he wrote, in 1936, to one of the best-selling self-help books of all time, Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People. The myth has never lost its steam since.

Seriously, Would You Admit to Only Using 10% of Your Brain?

Mind-myth 1: Like many of the myths now seemingly fuelled by New Agers hoping to unlock the untapped, hidden forces that will unleash previously unimagined human potential, the 10% myth is a slippery customer.

Just when all the evidence has been marshalled against its original incarnation, showing that, yes, actually we do physically use all our brains, it turns out 'human potential' can't be measured empirically. Apparently the unused 90% is hidden below the surface, out of sight and almost out of mind. Which is convenient....

...Mythical roots

The roots of this myth are very difficult to discern, probably because there are so many different, diffuse stories about its origin. One probably apocryphal story is that Einstein once explained his brilliance - compared to the rest of us mere mortals - by saying he actually used more than 10% of his brain (Wanjek, 2003). Despite probably being based on a misquote, the repeating of this story can't have hurt the myth's power.

Perhaps some of the earliest roots of the myth come from work by physiologists in the 1870s. They routinely applied electrical currents to the brain to see which muscles moved. They found that large parts of the human brain could be zapped without any corresponding bodily twitching. This led them to dub parts of the brain 'silent'. But they didn't mean silent in the sense of inactive, just that it didn't make any muscles move. Of course this didn't stop the phrase being misinterpreted.

Are you really only using 10 percent of your brain?

Kiger, Patrick. "Are you really only using 10 percent of your brain?" 19 August 2009. HowStuffWorks.com. 30 August 2010.

For years, doctors, brain researchers and science journalists have been explaining patiently to anyone who would listen that there is no scientific basis for what they call the 10-percent brain myth. Similarly, prestigious and credible publications like Scientific American and the New York Times have sought to dispel it as well, with little effect [sources: Beyerstein, Parker-Pope]. In a non-scientific Internet poll on the Web site Helium.com, for example, 52 percent of respondents believed incorrectly that humans use only 10 percent of their brains, while 48 percent correctly disagreed [source: Helium]. The mistaken notion is so pervasive, in fact, that in a study published in the Journal of Psychology in 1998, researchers found that college psychology majors, who presumably should know better, were as likely to believe it as other students [source: Higbee].

Scientific American, Do People Only Use 10 Percent Of Their Brains?

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior

Refutation from wikipedia is the most concise:

Neuroscientist Barry Beyerstein sets out seven kinds of evidence refuting the ten percent myth:

* Studies of brain damage: If 90% of the brain is normally unused, then damage to these areas should not impair performance. Instead, there is almost no area of the brain that can be damaged without loss of abilities. Even slight damage to small areas of the brain can have profound effects.

* Evolution: The brain is enormously costly to the rest of the body, in terms of oxygen and nutrient consumption. If 90% of it were unnecessary, there would be a large survival advantage to humans with smaller, more efficient brains. If this were true, the process of natural selection would have eliminated the inefficient brains.

* Brain imaging: Technologies such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) allow the activity of the living brain to be monitored. They reveal that even during sleep, all parts of the brain show some level of activity. Only in the case of serious damage does a brain have "silent" areas.

* Localization of function: Rather than acting as a single mass, the brain has distinct regions for different kinds of information processing. Decades of research has gone into mapping functions onto areas of the brain, and no function-less areas have been found.

* Microstructural analysis: In the single-unit recording technique, researchers insert a tiny electrode into the brain to monitor the activity of a single cell. If 90% of cells were unused, then this technique would have revealed that.

* Metabolic studies: Another scientific technique involves studying the take-up of radioactively labelled 2-deoxyglucose molecules by the brain. If 90 percent of the brain were inactive, then those inactive cells would be show up as blank areas in a radiograph of the brain. Again, there is no such result.

* Neural disease: Brain cells that are not used have a tendency to degenerate. Hence if 90% of the brain were inactive, autopsy of adult brains would reveal large-scale degeneration.

Walking to protect your memory

2010-11-09T11:36:00.001+10:00

It is great to use NLP and other tools to expand your choices in life, make better use of your mind and body, develop yourself and improve, but we must not neglect our mind and body from an holistic point of view. This article Walk Much? It May Protect Your Memory Down the Road suggests that walking at least six miles per week may protect brain size and in turn, preserve memory in old age, according to a study published in the October 13, 2010, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

"If regular exercise in midlife could improve brain health and improve thinking and memory in later life, it would be one more reason to make regular exercise in people of all ages a public health imperative," said Erickson. Read more....

Walking improves other areas of health too... Australian guidelines recommend 30 minutes of moderately vigorous activity on most days. But the report says even 60 minutes a week can bring benefits. From smh.com.au

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2010-09-28T17:41:00.000+10:00

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Bully or Victim? More Similar Than We Might Think

2010-09-28T17:33:00.002+10:00

A new analysis reveals that bullies and victims share more similarities than we might think, with one stand-out difference. Christie Nicholson reports from http://www.scientificamerican.com

We might think that bullies are quite different from the victims of bullying. But those who become either a bully or a victim actually share similar outlooks and have similar difficulties dealing with their environments. There is, however, one significant risk factor for bullying.

Researchers reviewed and analyzed 153 studies and found that both victims and bullies have poor problem-solving skills within social situations. They also found that boys bully more than girls but here’s a significant point: Those who do poorly in school are at a higher risk of becoming a bully. The research was published this week in the journal School Psychology Quarterly.

Typical bullies have negative attitudes toward others, feel badly about themselves, and most likely grew up in a home with conflict. Victims share much of same, negative attitude, conflict in the family.

But the dividing characteristic: bullies dislike school and tend to perform worse academically than those who later become victims.

Play the 1 minute Podcast here: podcast_100710.mp3

Most current solutions try to enforce anti-bullying rules or simply remove the bully from bullying situations. The authors note, however, that the most successful intervention is three-pronged. They suggest simultaneously targeting the areas that may be influencing the potential bully or victim in the first place: the parents, the peers and the schools.

--Christie Nicholson from http://www.scientificamerican.com

Coping with the bullies 'is part of growing up', says child expert By LAURA CLARK, 28 October 2007
Minor playground spats are blown out of proportion and branded 'bullying', an expert has claimed.

Youngsters must learn to cope with teasing and name-calling so they are able to handle awkward situations as adults, former Government adviser Tim Gill says.

He believes the extent of bullying is being exaggerated by over-protective parents and teachers, who apply the label to childhood squabbles which were previously assumed to be part of growing up.

The claims, in a book published today, are certain to fuel concerns over the escalation of the bullying 'industry'.

Police officers warned this year that a target-chasing culture is forcing them to make 'easy' arrests for offences such as bullying.

In one example, a child in Kent was arrested for throwing a slice of cucumber from a tuna sandwich at a classmate.

The latest Government guidance to schools urges heads to record all instances of bullying and report the findings to their local council.

But Mr Gill, who led the first Government-backed review of children's play areas in 2003, warns against mollycoddling children by describing everyday teasing as bullying.

Read more of this article: dailymail.co.uk

See also related articles on Mirror neurons, Emotional Intelligence and The Impact of Rude Behavior on a Business which might be where unresolved bullying or victims end up getting their revenge.

Busting the Myth That Opposites Attract

2010-09-28T17:31:00.002+10:00

Psychologist Donn Byrne states in this post, "we are twice as likely to be attracted to someone when we agree on six out of 10 issues than we are with someone who we only agree with on three out of 10 issues". This would get down to what we consider to be an 'issue'.

Starting from scratch in a relationship, there may be no real major issues that arise in our conversations or opinions, because we are busy finding sameness to build rapport because there is attraction. If one has a difference of opinion on politics or religion, these days we might find this refreshing and not an 'issue'. Are we going to ask the right questions when it comes to decisions and choices relating to partner choices? How do we build our relationships amongst issues? Are our issues really tied to values? Are our values the real things that matter when it comes to relationships?
The other interesting aspect of this whole topic is the area of Myths about psychology - where this may be in the myth category, but overiding that is the use of the words ('opposite' and 'issue') which is where NLP helps us to refine the meaning that we derive from words.

In NLP, using the precision model of communication, we get very precise with language. For these statements we would well ask many of these questions: When we talk about the cultural expression: opposites attract - what do we really mean by "opposite"? Opposite on what level? Opposite of what sepcifically? What is attract? Attraction of what to what? Attract or catch attention?

Let us take a look at the article: When it comes to love, we're ambivalent about "opposites attract". Christie Nicholson from http://www.scientificamerican.com reports.

Back in college astronomy class, I sat behind a guy who wore a T-shirt with this on the back: " The best thing about the opposite sex is just how opposite they are."

It’s not just a rule in physics. There’s a strong cultural expression: opposites attract. Think Harold and Maude, Pretty Woman, It Happened One Night—Hollywood has long known the lure of antitheses in love.

But real research busts this myth.

Play the 1 minute Podcast here: podcast_100731.mp3

Psychologists map out such evidence in a new book: 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio, and Barry L. Beyerstein. Copyright © 2010 by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio, and Barry L. Beyerstein.
See some opinions, and reviews on the same topic.

Psychologist Donn Byrne has found that we are twice as likely to be attracted to someone when we agree on six out of 10 issues than we are with someone who we only agree with on three out of 10 issues.

To be sure, the appeal of shared interests may be specific to long-term relationships.

A 2006 University of Pennsylvania study of speed dating found that daters said they wanted someone who had a similar background in education, religion, economic status and shared personality traits. Yet when they were in the midst of the one-minute date, they made choices based on more immediate cues like physical attraction. In the speed-dating environment—a bar surrounded by singles, under the pressure of a ticking clock—daters made choices based on short-term mating criteria that were more likely to lead to fast hook-ups, not necessarily long-lived love.

So if it’s the long haul you’re searching for, best look beyond the cute face and hot body, and see if you can carry the conversation beyond 60 seconds.

Christie Nicholson http://www.scientificamerican.com

From WebMD By Jean Lawrence,
It depends what you mean by "opposite." "I believe unresolved patterns attract," says Paul Cutright, author of You're Never Upset For The Reason You Think: The Cure For The Common Upset. Cutright, along with his wife Layne, run the Center for Enlightened Partnerships in Las Vegas.

"What most people call falling in love is really falling in pattern... Relationships are about getting our own needs met, often on an unconscious basis. In other words, we try to find someone who is complementary to us and can help us learn, heal, and grow."

In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in July of 2003, researchers quizzed 978 heterosexual residents of Ithaca, N.Y., between the ages of 18 and 24. First, the participants rated the importance of 10 attributes of a long-term partner, and then rated themselves on the same scale. When the results were tallied, self-perception was more likely to match mate perception.

Cognitive processes underlying human mate choice: The relationship between self-perception and mate preference in Western society. Peter M. Buston and Stephen T. Emlen, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, Communicated by Thomas Eisner, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, May 28, 2003 (received for review March 14, 2003)

This study tested two hypotheses concerning the cognitive processes underlying human mate choice in Western society: (i) mate preference is conditional in that the selectivity of individuals' mate preference is based on their perception of themselves as long-term partners, and (ii) the decision rule governing such conditional mate preference is based on translating perception of oneself on a given attribute into a comparable selectivity of preference for the same attribute in a mate. Both hypotheses were supported. A two-part questionnaire was completed by 978 heterosexual residents of Ithaca, New York, aged 18–24; they first rated the importance they placed on 10 attributes in a long-term partner and then rated their perception of themselves on those same attributes. Both women and men who rated themselves highly were significantly more selective in their mate preference. When the 10 attributes were grouped into four evolutionarily relevant categories (indicative of wealth and status, family commitment, physical appearance, and sexual fidelity), the greatest amount of variation in the selectivity of mate preference in each category was explained by self-perception in the same category of attributes. We conclude that, in Western society, humans use neither an “opposites-attract” nor a “reproductive-potentials-attract” decision rule in their choice of long-term partners but rather a “likes-attract” rule based on a preference for partners who are similar to themselves across a number of characteristics.

This conclusion was: "In Western society, humans use neither an 'opposites-attract' nor a 'reproductive-potentials-attract' rule in their choice of long-term partners, but rather a 'likes-attract' rule based on a preference for partners who are similar to themselves across a number of characteristics."

Rapport building is not Opposite or Sameness

It would be too general to say that Rapport is doing the opposite or the same and that atrraction is related to either. They are different aspects of the relationship in question. Dictionaries describe rapport as affinity, agreement, bond, compatibility, concord, empathy, good vibes, good vibrations, groove, harmony, hitting it off, interrelationship, link, relationship, same wavelength, simpatico, soul, sympathy, the groove, togetherness, unity. In NLP terms we would describe rapport as

Influences from Movies and Music

Are we influenced by movies and the unconscious attention we may or may not have to music? I think we are influenced, but we also may have a different belief. When we reference conventional wisdom (movies/music/tv) on the subject, we might find ourselves in a dilemna because they are selling entertainment, not guidance or wisdom. The words by Oliver Leiber of the song "Opposites Attract"recorded by Paula Abdul "She likes it neat, And he makes a mess" may not work out in real life. "Opposites Attract" is a song recorded by Paula Abdul, featured on her debut album Forever Your Girl. It was written and produced by Oliver Leiber, who came up with the title after browsing a bookstore.
Opposites Attract Lyrics, by Artist: Paula Abdul

We come together
Cuz opposites attract
And you know-it ain't fiction
Just a natural fact
We come together
Cuz opposites attract

Who'd a thought we could be lovers
She makes the bed
And steals the covers
She likes it neat
And he makes a mess
I take it easy

Top 10 Opposites Attract Movies from About.com for more on the lighter side of the question of do Opposites Attract?.
In the romantic comedy ''Along Came Polly,'' control freak Reuben (Ben Stiller) meets free spirit Polly (Jennifer Aniston)

So it does depend on what we really mean by "opposite", and opposite on what level? Are we going to ask the right questions when it comes to decisions like this? As Psychologist Donn Byrne said, we are twice as likely to be attracted to someone when we agree on six out of 10 issues than we are with someone who we only agree with on three out of 10 issues. This would get down to what we consider to be an 'issue'.
Starting from scratch in a relationship, there may be no real major issues that arise in our conversations or opinions, because we are busy finding sameness to build rapport because there is attraction. If one has a difference of opinion on politics or religion, these days we might find this refreshing and not an 'issue'. The old metaphor of the river that looks fine while the water is flowing, but when the river starts to dry, the river reveals the boulders that might be laying on the bed, and these might be the 'issues'.
Donn Byrne's comments were about attraction, not sustainability or long term relationships. How do we build our relationships amongst issues? Are our issues really tied to values? Are our values the real things that matter when it comes to relationships? That will be the topic for another article.

Don't worry; be happy

2010-09-28T15:20:00.000+10:00

Happy reading...

If you want to be happy, practise it every day
Robert Anton Wilson

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
Oscar Wilde

Think of all the beauty that's still left in and around you and be happy!
Anne Frank

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Allan K. Chalmers

Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.
Scottish Proverb

Homer, lighten up. You're making 'Happy Hour' bitterly ironic.
Marge Simpson

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.
Aristotle

NLP Foundations / Essential NLP

2010-06-22T14:25:00.000+10:00

On this course you will learn the Epistemology of NLP, Deep Rapport Building, The Skills of Calibration, Understand and experience Representational systems, Understanding State, The Chain of Excellence (the foundation of New Code NLP), Logical Level/Logical Types, The Meta Model, The Milton Model, The Congruency Model of NLP, How to build emotional intelligence, how to Communicate with Precision and Effectiveness, Anchoring, Sub-modalities, Working with Time Lines, Perceptual Positions and Triple Descriptions, Reframing, Intention, Parts integration and Negotiation between parts.

Successful students of the NLP Foundations / Essential NLP course will be awarded an Advanced Communications Certificate

Prominent developers of NLP and importent figures who have influenced NLP

2010-05-18T16:28:00.004+10:00

There are many prominent developers of NLP and importent figures who have influenced NLP since its inception. Each one of them bringing in their uniquness and infused NLP with multi-faceted applications. Here is a series of videos to get you associated to the names, their voices and ways that they express things, and some of their original work. This is a great way to get a fuller experience when reading their books.

If you know of better examples of publically available videos for the same people or others, please add them to the comments and we will review, and consider and adding them if it is appropriate. To add comments, you do need to have a user name and loging password for our blog site. If you do not have a login details or want a login with a different name, username or email address, register here and then you can make comments.

NLP Academy — 29 April 2009 — John Grinder during his "Healer (Doctor) Within" training, a partial recording of him talking about his unconventional approach for working with alcoholism and other addictions.

John Grinder on Modelling distinctions

Dr. John Grinder's view on short NLP trainings

Dr. John Grinder's Defines NLP

Carmen Bostic-St Claire (Co-creator of New Code NLP) describes the NLP Premier Practitioner experience...

A short extract from the DVD 'Nested Loops' from Richard Bandler:

Stephen Gilligan teaches the first 10 minutes of day 2 of his Generative Trance seminar at the NLP Academy

Milton Erickson

Fritz Perls

Gregory Bateson

Some of Virginia Satir - some content impositions, but you can get a representation of this woman and her work.

Judith DeLozier (earlier Co-creator of New Code NLP) in a rare interview...

Here Frank Farrelly teaches the "What's wrong with that?" Provocative Therapy exercise in a Leeds UK Provocative...

Robert Dilts

Aligning Perceptual Positions (NLP) with Tamara Andreas - Core Transformation DVD Workshop

Steve Andreas

Steve Andreas with EMI (Eye Movement Integration)

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Modeling nature

2010-05-18T16:27:00.002+10:00

Video
Do you think you can Model Nature? A different perspective
Milton Erickson often asked his clients to observe nature to draw inspiration and resolve life’s challenges. When solving a design problem, look to nature first. There you'll find inspired designs for making things waterproof, aerodynamic, solar-powered and more. Can we Model Nature to improve our life? Watch the video [on TED] or here...

See also A publication by Janine Benyus - The 2002 book, Biomimicry, describes a new science that studies nature’s best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to provide innovative and sustainable solutions for industry and research development. Author and international expert, Janine Benyus, is now focusing on working with industry and governments across the globe to implement her ideas.

‘Janine Benyus is without question the world’s most imaginative person in the field of environmental development and restoration. Time spent with Janine is a transmission of hope about what we can learn from and be within nature.’ Paul Hawken, Natural Capital Institute

Biomimicry related links

The Biomimicry Institute promotes learning from natural forms, processes, and ecosystems to create more sustainable and healthier human technologies and designs.
Reading Lists - If you haven’t read it already, Janine Benyus’ book Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature is a must read. This book is the book that started us all down the biomimicry path with a new sense of hope and purpose. For all, it’s a great read. For many, it’s life changing. If you’ve read Janine’s book, what should you read next? The Biomimicry Reading List (below) will help guide you through the many fascinating facets of biomimicry, from basic biology to engineering innovation to deep economy. We recommend that you start your reading adventure by selecting books from the areas that capture your attention most, and then challenge yourself to read from areas outside your discipline.

Replaying movies of your own day

2010-05-18T16:25:00.000+10:00

This has got to be the only way New York looks cute! I love these tilt-shift movies. Look for strange behaviours in people, patterns of relating, walking, dodging, greeting...

Noticing the larger patterns

So much to be said when we mentally speed up people we are modelling and this gives you a long-distance hint into what you can notice.

Ants metaphor

The study of human behaviour can be usefully likened to the way we study ants. Why do we notice that ants stop and communicate or swap someting as they travel with each of the ants they pass? If you can see this movie where people look like ants, and that the work we do with NLP as a metaphor for trying to understand the behaviour of people (ants) and how they interact, relate, rock, sway, move, move faster/slower.

Life Edit

Also as another metaphor, maybe when you are replaying movies of your own day, your own representation of the day - maybe remembering this sequence may help you fast forward through yor own day.

The Sandpit from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo.

Not too little sleep, yet not too much, the experts advise

2010-03-26T14:32:00.011+10:00

Lack of sleep 'linked to early death' from the BBC.

Insomnia

Not too little sleep, yet not too much, the experts advise

Excerpt...

Getting less than six hours sleep a night can lead to an early grave, UK and Italian researchers have warned. They said people regularly having such little sleep were 12% more likely to die over a 25-year period than those who got an "ideal" six to eight hours. They also found an association between sleeping for more than nine hours and early death, although that much sleep may merely be a marker of ill health.

Sleep journal reports the findings, based on 1.5m people in 16 studies.

Professor Francesco Cappuccio, leader of the Sleep, Health and Society Programme at the UK's University of Warwick, said: "Modern society has seen a gradual reduction in the average amount of sleep people take and this pattern is more common amongst full-time workers, suggesting that it may be due to societal pressures for longer working hours and more shift-work."

"But having less than five hours a night suggests something is probably not right. "Five hours is insufficient for most people and being drowsy in the day increases your risk of having an accident if driving or operating dangerous machinery."

Other opinions...How much sleep do our bodies need? from NineMSN

...The sleep lab girls rise at 7am to see how they go again on the driving simulator and the reaction time test. This will determine how much sleep (or lack of it) affects you. Melissa:Her average reaction time after a sleepness night — 60 percent slower than the day before. Emma:After only four hours sleep, Emma is reacting 15 percent slower. Phoebe: Is four percent slower after a six-hour sleep. Lauren:Shows no change after sleeping for eight hours.

Yes, it is true — we do need around eight hours of sleep a night to perform optimally. If you can only manage six, your ability to function normally will only be slightly impaired, so long as this is a one-off occasion. Once you go below six hours on a regular basis, that's when problems start occurring.

How Much Sleep Do I Need? By Brandon Peters, M.D., About.com Guide, Updated February 05, 2010.

Sleep Debt

What happens if we don’t meet our sleep needs? By not getting enough sleep, we accumulate a sleep debt that we usually have to “pay off.” This might involve extra sleep by napping, going to bed early, or sleeping in to catch up. If we sleep less than our body needs to feel refreshed and don’t catch up we might experience:

Daytime sleepiness
Fatigue
Difficulty concentrating
Poor thinking
Increased risk of accidents

Sleep Cycle Application for iPhone

Sleep Cycle Analyzes Your Sleep Patterns for a Better Wake-Up

Sleep Cycle uses your iPhone's accelerometer to monitor your movements during the night and determine when you're most likely in and out of a dream state. Before you go to bed, set the app's alarm clock, then place your iPhone on the corner of your bed (putting it under the fitted sheet will keep it from sliding around). Sleep Cycle isn't meant to be a scientific tool for people with medical sleep issues, but rather an unobtrusive way to get a little insight into your sleep patterns.

The Sleep Cycle alarm clock is a bio-alarm clock that analyzes your sleep patterns and wakes you when you are in the lightest sleep phase.

Waking up in the lightest sleep phase feels like waking without an alarm clock - it is a natural way to wake up where you feel rested and relaxed.

Sleep Cycle iPhone Application is available from Lexware® Labs or Apple
Open iTunes to buy and download apps.

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National Sleep Foundation

How Much Sleep Do We Really Need? from the National Sleep Foundation (NSF)

Excerpt from National Sleep Foundation continued...

What You Can Do

To begin a new path towards healthier sleep and a healthier lifestyle, begin by assessing your own individual needs and habits. See how you respond to different amounts of sleep. Pay careful attention to your mood, energy and health after a poor night's sleep versus a good one. Ask yourself, "How often do I get a good night's sleep?" If the answer is "not often", then you may need to consider changing your sleep habits or consulting a physician or sleep specialist. When Ellen's family members began this process, they realized that often they weren't getting what they would call a "good night's sleep." This led each of them to reevaluate how much sleep they needed and whether their sleep habits were healthy ones.

To pave the way for better sleep, experts recommend that you and your family members follow these sleep tips:

Establish consistent sleep and wake schedules, even on weekends
Create a regular, relaxing bedtime routine such as soaking in a hot bath or listening to soothing music – begin an hour or more before the time you expect to fall asleep
Create a sleep-conducive environment that is dark, quiet, comfortable and cool
Sleep on a comfortable mattress and pillows
Use your bedroom only for sleep and sex (keep "sleep stealers" out of the bedroom – avoid watching TV, using a computer or reading in bed)
Finish eating at least 2-3 hours before your regular bedtime
Exercise regularly during the day or at least a few hours before bedtime
Avoid caffeine and alcohol products close to bedtime and give up smoking

If you or a family member are experiencing symptoms such as sleepiness during the day or when you expect to be awake and alert, snoring, leg cramps or tingling, gasping or difficulty breathing during sleep, prolonged insomnia or another symptom that is preventing you from sleeping well, you should consult your primary care physician or sleep specialist to determine the underlying cause. You may also try keeping a sleep diary to track your sleep habits over a one- or two-week period and bring the results to your physician.

Most importantly, make sleep a priority. You must schedule sleep like any other daily activity, so put it on your "to-do list" and cross it off every night. But don’t make it the thing you do only after everything else is done – stop doing other things so you get the sleep you need.

Our Opinion

As stated above, if you are experiencing difficulty sleeping, you could also contact your friendly NLP Practitioner who may also be able help to find a way to sleep better having dealt with the underlying cause, whether know or unknown.

She has dreams
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Thinking

conscience of mind, passion of body

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conscience of mind, passion of body
Originally uploaded by Daniel Topher

I remember a boss that said to me once: "One page is worth a million dollars, two pages one hundred thousand".

Stories told in just six words Stories told in just six words, inspired by Ernest Hemingway's famous challenge.

For sale: baby shoes, never used. —Ernest Hemingway

Brevity is a virtue.

This is a collection of short short stories consisting of just six words. It was inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s famous challenge.

Six Word Stories with pictures

Have you ever had the need to compress your life, your direction, your outcomes into a few words?

Becoming quiet

2010-03-02T13:08:00.002+10:00

When you become quiet, it just dawns on you. Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931). Training people to become quiet when they want to.

NLP Practitioner Course - Curriculum Detail

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Our NLP Practitioner Course is practical, effective and full of profound concepts and information. The comprehensive program brings you the working foundations and principles of NLP. You will rapidly integrate the NLP techniques you have learned into your work and personal life.

An NLP Practioner qualification is Internationally recognized and allows you to continue with an NLP Master Practitioner certificate at a later stage with us or another NLP Training organization.

Enjoy the unique coaching style of training in smaller classes which has a high facilitator to student ratio maximises your learning and ultimately your investment in the training.

Course content - NLP Practitioner Competencies

Below is a minimum set of competencies expected of an NLP Practitioner who has attended an ITA certified NLP Practitioner course. This list is not exhaustive and where time is available, we may include additional patterning.

Minimum Classic Code NLP Practitioner Competencies

Calibration (input channels)

Being able to calibrate in each of the sensory input channels (please notice that we distinguish
between ‘sensory input channel’ and ‘representational system’), visual,
auditory and kinesthetic.

The ability to distinguish between conscious and unconscious signals in non-verbal communication.

Rapport

Mirroring

Visual, auditory
Cross-over mirroring

Visual, auditory Alignments (including rep. systems manipulation)

Representational systems

The ability to detect the preferred representational system by:

Eye movements
Predicates
Voice quality
The ability to rapidly and smoothly adjust your communication (both verbal and non-verbal)
to the preferred system of the client
Overlap of representational systems as a method
of inducing in the client whichever system they do not have access to, and use in pacing
and leading the client from one representational system to the other (all 3 – V,
A, K)
Identification and utilisation of ordered sequences of representational systems, (sometimes
referred to as strategies)
Synesthesia patterns
Submodalities and their use both as interventions (e.g. SWISH) and as barometers
of the effectiveness of change techniques (for example, reports from clients immediately
after doing a New Code game are full of descriptions of the submodality changes induced
by the change of state)

Language patterns

Verbal package
Framing
The two specification questions:
- Nouns: Which/What ________, specifically?
- Verbs: ______________, how specifically?

Methods of verifying map alignment (paraphrase, for example)

The Intention question
Modal operators and universal quantifiers
Frank Farrelley’s provocation method (deliberate selection of ‘wrong’ and
outrageous interpretation in order to provoke the client to ‘correct’ the
agent of change and thereby offer a more grounded verbal representation)

Minimum metaphor competency

Isomorphic/homomorphic mappings
Naturalistic metaphors
Metaphors using anchoring to specify to the client’s unconscious
mind the elements in the metaphor that correspond to specific elements in the presenting
problem or challenge
Living metaphors
Logical levels and logical types (defined in Whispering)

Anchoring techniques

The ability to establish and successfully re-activate anchors in each of the three major
input channels (V A K, and also spatially)
Use of anchoring in change formats
Change personal history/re-imprinting
Collapse of anchors
Time line interventions
Circle of excellence (spatial anchoring)

Multiple perceptual positions

With special emphasis on triple description (the use of 1st, 2nd and 3rd position), with
full competency to move quickly and cleanly between these perceptual positions.

Chain of Excellence

Breathing
Physiology
State
Performance

Epistemology (from Whispering) with f1, FA and f2

F1 Transforms
First Access
F2 Transforms
Linguistic Representations

Being able to recognise the above distinctions and how they impact mental processing at different
points of representation.

Being able to design interventions and understand the leverage point of that intervention
in the epistemological distinction.

Simple hypnotic patterning

Using inductions and language patterns (portions of the Milton Model) to utilise both deliberate
and spontaneously occurring altered states.

Involuntary signal systems

Arbitrary involuntary systems (like those found in step two of Six Step Reframing)
Use of natural involuntary systems (pain and sensations associated with health, disease
and dreams)
Methods for assisting people who are disassociated kinesthetically to develop signals – the
orienting response

N-Step Reframing (old Six Step Reframing)

Calibrating and working with clients involuntary unconscious signals
Working with ‘unconscious
intention’, again through calibrating and working
with involuntary unconscious signals

Tasking (especially for changing belief systems)

Listening off the top for semantically packed words.
Being able to set parallel tasks,
that are isomorphic to the client’s ‘present
issue’ to create change in the clients circumstances with the direct involvement
of the client’s conscious mind.

Parts Interventions

Recognise parts as a metaphor
Negotiation between parts
Parts integration
Building a team

The newly developed NLP Practitioner Course is being offered as a unique small group coached training in Brisbane. The first of the series started during November 2009, and there is a series of these being offered throughout 2010 in Brisbane, on the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. See our Training Schedule for dates of programs throughout 2010 and our Detailed Schedule for training provided by both our organization and our associates.

A full NLP Practitioner qualification is internationally recognized and allows you to continue with an NLP Master Practitioner certificate at a later stage with us or another reputable NLP Training organization. NLP Practitioner status is awarded to students who successfully complete all three modules & the certification process.

The Training format is in two types, spread out (over 2 - 3 months), or the "Intensive" Programs, where the dates are more compressed so that if you are travelling, you can minimise the time you need to be at the location.

There are three areas of training that we cover all the way through your course:

Emotional Intelligence: provides the NLP foundation that enhances or establishes your “Emotional Intelligence”. The aim is to assist you to create a strong connection with your self, elevate your self-awareness and provides self-management skills. At times we offer this course stand-alone, or to contribute towards your eventual growth with the NLP Practitioner program.
Communicating with Precision and Effectiveness: is all about “Communicating with Precision and Effectiveness”. It offers many practical techniques so you can engage more meaningfully with clarity and eliminating many of the barriers to effective communication. This course provides the basis for ways NLP can enhance our communication skills specifically with others and in doing so enhance the quality of our lives.
Creating Change: is focused on bringing together all the foundations already taught and builds your capability by working with powerful NLP Patterns to create change. This “Comprehensive NLP – Creating Change” phase brings distinctions on NLP Pattern utilisation, more in-depth learning by working with “real clients” under supervision and integrates your skills and knowledge.

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Cautions regarding EQ tests

2010-02-23T12:04:00.001+10:00

From http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s581804.htm For almost 100 years IQ tests were thought to be the most reliable predictor of individual intelligence and performance from the school class to the work place. But now there’s a new intelligence test coming into the workplace it’s Emotional Intelligence and it could determine your future.

EQ is a measure of our feelings – how well we understand our own emotions and recognise emotional states in other people. In modern management these criteria are increasingly seen as indicators of how well individuals will work in teams and who is best suited to lead or follow, or doesn’t belong in a team at all.

Reporter Jonica Newby goes to Swinburne University in Melbourne – one of the few labs in the world developing tests to measure EQ to find out just what’s involved in an EQ tests and ask is EQ something that can be measured?
TRANSCRIPT

Narration: This is the NSW training academy for prison officers. Attending, is prison superintendent David Mumford. He’s ambitious – he wants promotion. But his future may hang on how well he does on this test. A controversial new test. Of his emotional intelligence. We’re here to discuss the results. You’ve heard of IQ, well here comes EQ. It’s a measure of how well we understand and manage emotions. And like David, many of us may soon be judged by it. Employers are saying move over IQ, its EQ that counts. Small wonder its already reached our prisons.

David Mumford: I would say emotional intelligence is about 80% of the skills needed.

Narration: But critics ask, are EQ tests scientifically valid? Worse – could they be misused - to discriminate against individuals?

Dennis Garlick. If you use something like emotional intelligence and it hasn’t been validated, then that means you could be identifying or pigeonholing someone as being low emotional intelligence when in fact they may not be.

Narration: In the last few years, the EQ wave has swept across corporate Australia. It’s even entered our universities. This is a different sort of EQ test – a practical one. Students are racing against the clock to rewrite software for this robotic arm. And it’s more than a test of engineering.

Professor Con Stough: What we are really testing here is teamwork and personal growth during the course.

Narration: But is EQ really just a management fad – interpersonal skills rebranded with a sexy new name? Or does it have a hard basis?

Jonica Newby: Well, here at Swinburne University, I’m about to meet a group of guys who are trying to put scientific substance into emotional intelligence. Professor Con Stough is a neuroscientist who actually specialises in IQ. But he’s become fascinated by EQ.

Professor Con Stough: Emotional intelligence is actually about your cognitive understanding of your emotions. This is a new frontier for us.

Narration: Pushing that frontier, Stough and his team have developed what they say is the first truly scientific EQ test. And these executives have just sat it.

Professor Con Stough: We try to measure five basic cognitives; how much emotional information do you use to make decisions so you are more intuitive or less intuitive or analytical. How able are you to understand your own emotions and the differences between emotions. How able are you to understand emotions of somebody you are working with. And how do you use this information in an effective way.

Narration: It’s not surprising these women are anxious about their results. Swinburne University trials have shown this EQ score is 16% better at predicting career success than IQ.

Jonica Newby: So what is actually on an EQ test. Well I have one right here. So here goes. I have no difficulty portraying my emotions to my colleagues. And the answers are always, sometimes, seldom, never. It’s certainly nothing like an IQ test – which Professor Stough gives me next, for comparison.

Professor Con Stough: This is a test of pattern recognition. So what we have to do is complete the pattern so it makes sense this way and this way

Jonica Newby: This could take some time. I’m not sure why, but I think the answer is 4.

Professor Con Stough: Very good, that’s right.

Narration: And this exposes what critics say is EQ’s greatest weakness. With IQ tests, there’s a right or wrong answer.

Professor Con Stough: So here you can see that the brain is working very hard.

Narration: And as these scans show, you can relate IQ directly to what’s happening in the brain. So far, neither of those things is true for EQ.

Narration: And that’s what really gets up the nose of one of EQ’s biggest sceptics. He’s IQ expert and go-kart enthusiast Dennis Garlick. Dennis Garlick says the great thing about IQ is that it can be measured. Accurately.

Dennis Garlick: I have difficulty with the notion you can measure emotional intelligence. With IQ tests, what they’re measuring is known as a general factors of intelligence, and if you do well at visual and spatial test, you also tend to do well at verbal and linguistic tests.

Narration: In contrast with emotional intelligence, it hasn’t yet been established that there is a general factor.

Professor Con Stough: Well I say that’s a very premature answer to give everybody. I mean emotional intelligence is a developing field. But certainly we’ve found associations between our tests and the important criteria like leadership for instance, happiness, life satisfaction. So we’re definitely tapping into something, and we’re pretty confident that the properties of the test are good.

Narration: This debate over whether EQ can be measured is not just academic. It goes to the heart of how it will affect us all. These students are entering a workforce where EQ tests will increasingly be used. If the tests aren’t valid, the personal cost could be huge.

Dennis Garlick: One of the main concerns with emotional intelligence is that you could then have it pigeonhole people. Which means that because someone performs poorly on an emotional intelligence test, then that means that they won’t ever be able to get a job.

Narration: It is possible EQ will be mishandled – used to unfairly slot people into categories. That certainly was a criticism of IQ over the years. But EQ advocates stress that’s not their aim.

Con Stough: What we’re trying to do is trying to help people understand and manage their emotions in the workplace and we know that that’s something that’s been a problem in the past because of our focus just on intelligence.

Stough believes we’ll all benefit from EQ becoming as highly regarded as IQ.

Con Stough: Well I think in 10 years time, IQ will still be used for graduate selection and assessment. But side by side with the Emotional Intelligence test.
Topics: Health

* Reporter: Jonica Newby
* Producer: Steve Salgo
* Researcher: Carina Dennis & Owen Craig

Story Contacts

Prof Con Stough, Swinburne University, Melbourne VIC Australia

Dennis Garlick, Sydney University, Australia

Prof Warren Yates, University of Technology, Sydney Australia

Larry Marlow, Organisational Psychologist, Marlow Hampshire, P O Box 189, Balmain Sydney Australia Ph: 9810 9000

NLP Practice Group Schedule for 2010

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Thursday, 18 Feb 2010, Night Walking,

This is a special session for NLP Practitioners and public participants who want to develop their peripheral awareness.

For more details please read our Café post on the 11 November 09: http://nlpcafebrisbane.com.au/

Tuesday, 2 March 2010

Open Coaching / Mentoring session

Thursday, 25 March 09A fun night for sure! Let’s do the NLP Speed Circuit to strengthen your NLP muscles. You will end up feeling high on NLP.

Tuesday, 6 April, 2010

This is a special session for Practitioner and Master Practitioner only to test “Synchronised unconscious signal elicitation”. This part of the International Trainers Academy initiative to test a phenomenon that synchronises unconscious signal elicitation between the practitioner and their associates.

Tuesday, 11 May, 2010Open Coaching / Mentoring session

Thursday, 27 May, 2010

Master the art of Modelling part 1. This is a practitioner only night and let’s focus on the core of NLP by modelling another person to acquire an unique skill. More details and format will be published soon.

Tuesday, 1 June, 2010

Action-packed evening! Let’s do the NLP Speed Circuit to strengthen your NLP muscles. You will end up feeling high on NLP.

Thursday, 24 June, 2010

Master the art of Modelling part 2. This is a practitioner only night and let’s focus on the core of NLP by modelling another person to acquire an unique skill. More details and format will be published soon.

Tuesday, 6 July, 2010Open Coaching / Mentoring session

Thursday, 29 July, 2010

Practicing NLP Hypnotic Patterns

Tuesday, 7 September, 2010

Open Coaching / Mentoring session

Thursday, 30 September, 2010

Master the art of Modelling part 3. This is a practitioner only night and let’s focus on the core of NLP by modelling another person to acquire an unique skill. More details and format will be published soon.

Tuesday, 5 October, 2010

Special topics, more details coming soon.

Thursday, 28 October, 2010Special topics, more details coming soon.

Tuesday, 2 November, 2010Open Coaching / Mentoring session

Thursday, 25 November, 2010

Special topics, more details coming soon.

How would you like to use NLP in 2010 to make a change to your life, work and the world?

2010-01-28T22:28:00.001+10:00

How would you like to use NLP in 2010 to make a change to your life, work and the world?

We have asked the question to ourselves and some of the people involved in NLP development has also asked the questions. Here are some of the feedbacks. What is yours?

“I would like to use NLP to enhance a positive mindset through attention awareness for myself and others, and expand my capabilities by Modelling ” ~ Mark Spencer

“Use NLP to create the essential paradigm shift to grow into the person I want to be with congruence and assist others to enhance their capabilities through Modelling” ~ Sonya Yeh Spencer

“I would love to see the presuppositions of NLP being widely applied in society. Understanding and applying these principles could make a big difference” ~ Karen Moxom

“I would love to introduce year 12 students to the concept of state management, basic techniques to enable them to make the crucial decisions on career, relationships and self identify” ~ Margaret McConnon

News from our NLP Cafe's in Queensland

2010-01-28T22:26:00.001+10:00

Welcome to another year of wonderful NLP Café activities. As we enter into our third year of operation and continue to evolve NLP Café Brisbane, we hope to bring you sessions that can elevate your NLP skills and ours!

Our particular interest this year is Modelling. Modelling is so critical yet not many NLPers seem to actively “Model”. NLPers who do model often are on their own in their endeavour and when they need assistance, experienced Modellers are few and far in between. This year we will organise special sessions for NLP Practitioners to practice Modelling. For members who are interested in running special modelling projects we are interested to hear from you and work with you outside of the NLP Café Brisbane setting too.

Another interest for us this year is the different ways to expand our sensory experiences, such as the Night Walking will provide.

The open coaching session with the public was a great hit last year and we will continue the session this year.

We will be adding cross-marketed events such as Jonathan Altfeld in April (scroll to April) and other great trainers as their events come up.

Be sure to watch for other schedules during the year as the training and NLP Cafe’s grows…

NLP Café’s in Queensland:

NLPCaféSunshineCoast.com.au

NLPCaféGoldCoast.com.au

NLPCaféBrisbane.com.au

NLP Practitioner Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Sunshine Coast, Australia

2010-01-28T22:20:00.001+10:00

ITANLP Calendar updated with our courses for Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Sunshine Coast, Australia.

NLP Practitioner Intensive: This is a comprehensive 18-day program, but intensive (consecutive style), all completed between 3-23/Jun/2010 . Enjoy the unique coaching style of training in smaller classes which has a high facilitator to student ratio and maximises your learning and ultimately your investment in the training.

Location: Sunshine Coast, Australia Contact: bookings@blue-skytransformation.com +61 7 3355 9714

NLP Practitioner Intensive: This is a comprehensive 18-day program, but intensive (consecutive style) all completed between 9-29/Sep/2010. Enjoy the unique coaching style of training in smaller classes which has a high facilitator to student ratio and maximises your learning and ultimately your investment in the training.

Location: Gold Coast, Australia Contact: bookings@blue-skytransformation.com +61 7 3355 9714

NLP Practitioner Training for 2010 in Brisbane, on the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast

2010-01-17T09:24:00.003+10:00

NLP Practitioner Course, More information, to register, download our brochure

...offering certificates co-signed by the founders of the International Trainers Academy - John Grinder, Carmen Bostic St Clair and Michael Carroll. This course is the only one available in Australia and NZ of this type.

The newly developed NLP Practitioner Course is being offered as a unique small group coached training in Brisbane. The first of the series started during November 2009, and there is a series of these being offered throughout 2010 in Brisbane, on the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. See our Training Schedule for dates of programs throughout 2010 and our Detailed Schedule for training provided by both our organization and our associates.

Sunshine Coast Dates

Gold Coast Dates

Module Descriptions

Our NLP Practitioner Course is practical, effective and full of profound concepts and information. The comprehensive 18-day program brings you the working foundations and principles of NLP. You will rapidly integrate the NLP techniques you have learned into your work and personal life.

Enjoy the unique coaching style of training in smaller classes which has a high facilitator to student ratio maximises your learning and ultimately your investment in the training.

An NLP Practioner qualification is Internationally recognized and allows you to continue with an NLP Master Practitioner certificate at a later stage with us or another NLP Training organization.

Course content

At minimum, the course will cover the following areas:

Calibration (input channels)
Rapport
Representational systems
Language patterns (Meta Model, Milton Model, Verbal Package)
Methods of verifying map alignment
Metaphor competency
Anchoring techniques
Multiple perceptual positions
Chain of Excellence
Epistemology of NLP
Hypnotic patterning, trance, hypnosis
N-Step Reframing
Working with the unconscious mind
Parts Interventions
New Code NLP Introduction (updated to the latest in August 2009)

Next Course Details (Brisbane)

Modules I, II and III Combo + Certification process If after completing our course you choose to be certified (training and certification are separate events) by us, your certificate will carry Grinder, Bostic St Clair and Carroll’s signature. The certification process will be rigorous to ensure the quality standards set by Grinder, Bostic St Clair and Carroll are maintained.

Why choose us?

This is a most unique course and is leading the advancement in NLP Training.

Unique Coaching format so you get maximum result from your training.
Small Class to provide you with quality attention. Our classes are small. The coached style of teaching, together with most effective way to learn and apply the art of NLP, ensuring a unique and accelerated learning experience. Be the one that stands out from the crowd with NLP
Highly Qualified Trainers with international experience.
Exceptional Quality and Practical Excellence.
Our course meets the criteria globally for certification with additional skills, information and knowledge from world leaders in the field of NLP.
Facilitated by currently practicing professional coaches and therapist who brings additional insight.
All of our training content is true to the core of the essence of NLP, which is modelling, at the same time includes the latest advancements that is the New Code of NLP. See NLP Co-creator, John Grinder’s own distinctions regarding training that can be found on the International Trainers Academy website.
This is the only training program in the region supported by on going, regular practice and continuous development facilities.

This course also offers the ongoing training and support through the NLPCafeBrisbane. NLP Café Brisbane is an NLP practice group, which aims to help NLP Professionals to advance their skills and individuals to learn to use the tools they were born with. We train in NLP Classic Code, New Code, and some of the most up to date developments in related disciplines. Attendance at the course guarantees your support at NLPCafeBrisbane.

NLP for your emergence

2010-01-15T17:04:00.000+10:00

NLP for your emergence

NLP Practitioner Training in Brisbane (Venue Details)

2010-01-04T10:30:00.000+10:00

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) is the study of success. This course has tools for creating and facilitating personal and professional change in yourself and others.

Is there anything wrong with having a personal advantage in life?

Course details

Location of Training
Brisbane International - Windsor‎

Cnr Lutwyche Rd & Bryden St, Windsor QLD 4030. Phone: 07 3357 3456. http://www.windsorinternational.com.au

More Information

Take the positive step to improve your life today and empower the next generation. See our NLP Practitioner Training Courses in Brisbane delivered by by Certified Trainers of NLP, Trained and Certified by John Grinder, Carmen Bostic St Clair and Michael Carroll.
If you were to train and become an NLP Practitioner, you would be able to employ your newly acquired skills as an agent of change working with individuals, groups, companies, global organisations and governments. As a technology, NLP has an amazing track record for instigating fast and efficient change in individuals and groups.

Say NO! to MEDIOCRITY and be the BEST YOU CAN BE!

Quality NLP Training now in Brisbane - NLP Practitioner Course

2010-01-04T10:29:00.000+10:00

NLP Practitioner Course

Finally what you have all been waiting for - NLP Practitioner Course is now regularly offered as a unique small group coached training in Brisbane.

Our NLP Practitioner Course is practical, effective and full of profound concepts and information. The comprehensive 18-day program brings you the working foundations and principles of NLP. You will rapidly integrate the NLP techniques you have learned into your work and personal life.

Enjoy the unique coaching style of training in smaller classes which has a high facilitator to student ratio maximises your learning and ultimately your investment in the training.

This course is the only one available in Australia and NZ that offers certificates co-signed by the founders of the International Trainers Academy - John Grinder, Carmen Bostic St Clair and Michael Carroll.

An NLP Practioner qualification is Internationally recognized and allows you to continue with an NLP Master Practitioner certificate at a later stage with us or another NLP Training organization.

Course content
At minimum, the course will cover the following areas:
* Calibration (input channels)
* Rapport
* Representational systems
* Language patterns (Meta Model, Milton Model, Verbal Package)
* Methods of verifying map alignment
* Metaphor competency
* Anchoring techniques
* Multiple perceptual positions
* Chain of Excellence
* Epistemology of NLP
* Trance and Hypnotic patterning (Hypnosis principles and experience)
* N-Step Reframing
* Working with the unconscious mind
* Parts Interventions
* New Code NLP Competencies (updated to the latest in August 2009)

This course also offers the ongoing training and support through the NLPCafeBrisbane. NLP Café Brisbane is an NLP practice group, which aims to help NLP Professionals to advance their skills and individuals to learn to use the tools they were born with. We train in NLP Classic Code, New Code, and some of the most up to date developments in related disciplines. Attendance at the course guarantees your support at NLPCafeBrisbane.

Why choose us?

This is a most unique course and is leading the advancement in NLP Training.

Unique Coaching format so you get maximum result from your training.
Small Class to provide you with quality attention. Our classes are small. The coached style of teaching, together with most effective way to learn and apply the art of NLP, ensuring a unique and accelerated learning experience. Be the one that stands out from the crowd with NLP
Highly Qualified Trainers with international experience.
Exceptional Quality and Practical Excellence.
Our course meets the criteria globally for certification with additional skills, information and knowledge from world leaders in the field of NLP.
Facilitated by currently practicing professional coaches and therapist who brings additional insight.
All of our training content is true to the core of the essence of NLP, which is modelling, at the same time includes the latest advancements that is the New Code of NLP. See NLP Co-creator, John Grinder’s own distinctions regarding training that can be found on the International Trainers Academy website.
This is the only training program in the region supported by on going, regular practice and continuous development facilities.

If after completing our course you choose to be certified (training and certification are separate events) by us, your certificate will carry Grinder, Bostic St Clair and Carroll’s signature. The certification process will be rigorous to ensure the quality standards set by Grinder, Bostic St Clair and Carroll are maintained.